Three firms back Biohub virtual cell
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Google DeepMind, Meta and Isomorphic Labs are jointly investing $300 million in a Biohub-led project to build a "virtual cell" for studying disease. It is part of a $1.8 billion "Virtual Biology" initiative to create AI datasets for digital biological research. The US Department of Energy will contribute more than $500 million over five years, and the National Institutes of Health will supply datasets, repositories and knowledge bases from prior federal investment totaling over $500 million.
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- The Verge · AIGoogle DeepMind, Meta and Isomorphic Labs invest $300 million in Biohub's 'virtual cell' project
Google DeepMind, Meta and AI drug discovery startup Isomorphic Labs are jointly investing $300 million into a Biohub-led initiative to build a "virtual cell" researchers can use to study disease. The project is part of a $1.8 billion "Virtual Biology" initiative to create AI datasets that let researchers "ask, predict, and answer biological questions digitally." The US Department of Energy will put in more than $500 million over the next five years, and the National Institutes of Health will contribute datasets, repositories and knowledge bases from prior federal investment totaling over $500 million.